Drama Movies 2025 List

With Kendall Bryant Jr. • Angus Benfield • Steve Dini • Cameron Arnett • Jessica Rae • Andrea Pazmino

Follows Stan Jacobs, (Benfield) an alcoholic pro football head coach, from the peak of his coaching career to rock bottom and living on the streets. Having lost everything, Stan is given a second chance when he is recruited to become head coach of a High School football team, but will he choose to turn his life around, or continue to live at the bottom of a bottle?

With Jasmine Cephas Jones • Daveed Diggs • Anthony Ramos • Renée Elise Goldsberry • Okieriete Onaodowan • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Jonathan Groff • Thomas Kail • Ron Chernow • Chris Jackson

Filmed live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theatre with the original Broadway cast.

With Zoey Deutch • Jonah Hauer-King • Arden Myrin • Jaboukie Young-White • Josh Segarra • Ruby Cruz • Chad Hartigan

One fateful night, the stars appear to align for Connor (Jonah Hauer-King), a kind and unassuming young man, as his irreverent long-time crush Olivia (Zoey Deutch) steers them into a threesome with alluring stranger Jenny (Ruby Cruz). The encounter sparks a relationship between Connor and Olivia and their love grows quickly, all the way toward planning a life together. But their happy romance is soon demolished when Jenny reappears in their lives, thrusting all three into a difficult and messy journey towards true accountability and adulthood.

With Antonia Robinson • Beulah Koale • Nicole Whippy • Anapela Polataivao • Dalip Sondhi • Miki Magasiva

Follows the story of Samoan teacher Mareta Percival. Struggling after the death of her daughter in the Christchurch earthquakes, Mareta reluctantly takes on a role as a substitute teacher at an elite private school and is surprised to find children in desperate need of guidance, inspiration, and love.

With Fred Hechinger • Eddie Yu • Bing Liu • Michelle Mao • Maxwell Almono

Zou Lei is an undocumented immigrant trying to build a new life in the US while avoiding deportation. Skinner is a scarred veteran struggling to find his place in a country that claims to support him. When they meet in a stairwell, they connect over their shared sense of need and navigate the tough streets of the city together.

With Paul Giamatti • Hugh Bonneville • Julian Fellowes • Penelope Wilton • Joely Richardson • Dominic West • Michelle Dockery • Brendan Coyle • Laura Carmichael • Phyllis Logan • Jim Carter • Elizabeth McGovern • Simon Russell Beale • Allen Leech • Robert James-Collier • Simon Curtis • Alessandro Nivola • Lesley Nicol • Sophie McShera • Joanne Froggatt • Douglas Reith • Gareth Neame • Liz Trubridge • Raquel Cassidy • Michael Fox • Kevin Doyle • Harry Hadden-Paton • Arty Froushan

The cinematic return of the global phenomenon, follows the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s. As the beloved cast of characters navigates how to lead Downton Abbey into the future, they must embrace change and welcome a new chapter.

With Tim Blake Nelson • Daniella Pineda • Will Janowitz • Kevin Corrigan • Nina Arianda • Erica Gimpel • Angelia Adzic • Glenn Plummer • Andrew Liner • Vincent Grishaw • Ran Namerode

Retired boxer Bernard “Bang Bang” Rozyski (Tim Blake Nelson) is inspired to try his hand at training once he reconnects with his estranged grandson. While their training brings Bang Bang out of the hole he’s been living in, everyone questions his motivations, including an ex-girlfriend from decades ago who was privy to Bang Bang’s meteoric rise in the sport in the 80s. Is Bang Bang merely passing down inherited rage, or is there true altruism behind his tutelage?

With Christopher Sherwood • Anthony D'Ambrosio • Armand Procacci

The powerful true story of St. Maximilian Kolbe — a man who chose sacrifice over survival, and love over fear.

With Willem Dafoe • Corey Hawkins • Anna Diop • Tamara Lawrance • Diane Houslin • Walter Mosley • Nadia Latif • Jonathan Ajayi • Gershwyn Eustache Jnr. • Pamela Nomvete

In the neighborhood of Sag Harbor, New York, Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) is out of work, out of luck and on the verge of foreclosure on his ancestral home. A knock on the door from a mysterious businessman, Anniston Bennet (Willem Dafoe), brings a bizarre and lucrative proposition; rent his dusty stand-up basement out for the summer and receive enough money to clear his debts for good. Once Charles accepts, he finds himself led down a terrifying path that confronts his family’s ghosts and locks the men in a terrifying puzzle, at the heart of it race, the source of their traumas and the root of all evil.

With Walker Scobell • Michael Douglas • Michael Stahl-David • David Morse • Roberto Sneider. • Ximena Romo • Cameron Douglas

After a public meltdown, a successful executive joins his estranged father for a fishing competition in Belize, only to find healing, truth, and purpose in an unexpected family bond that echoes across generations.

With Ane Dahl Torp • Dag Johan Haugerud • Ella Øverbye • Selome Emnetu • Anne Marit Jacobsen • Andrine Sæther

Johanne falls in love for the first time, with her teacher. To preserve her feelings, she documents her emotions and experiences in writing. When her mother and grandmother read what she has written, they are initially shocked by its intimate content but soon see that it has literary potential. As they debate whether to publish it, Johanne navigates the gap between her romantic fantasy and reality, and all three women confront their differing views on love, sexuality, and self-discovery.

With Oliver Cooper • Casey Cooper Johnson • Dakota Shapiro • Ben Groh • Emily Hall • Sofia Masson

Two friends take their troubled buddy on a backpacking trip to California’s legendary Mount Shasta to help him heal, but when he turns the outing into a hallucinogen-fueled mission to find an ancient alien race, their weekend spirals into psychedelic madness and a surreal quest for meaning.

With Josh O'Connor • Paul Mescal • Chris Cooper • Oliver Hermanus

In 1917, Lionel—a young, talented music student—meets David at the Boston Conservatory, where they bond over a deep love of folk music. Years later, Lionel receives a letter from David, leading to an impromptu journey through the backwoods of Maine to collect traditional songs. This unexpected reunion, ensuing love affair, and the music they collect and preserve, will shape the course of Lionel’s life far beyond his own awareness.

With Martin Barshai • Adam Neill • Joseph Angelo • Erica Everett

While vacationing in Thailand, American teenager Sydney catches her father in a disturbing transaction and runs away—straight into the arms of a local fisherman named Ether. Hidden deep in the jungle, their secret romance blooms amidst cascading waterfalls and lush greenery. But their bond is cut short when their parents intervene. Ten years later, Sydney returns to Thailand on a business trip and sets out to rediscover the paradise, and the love, she lost as a girl.

With Spencer Cohen • Rafael Silva • Caroline Portu • Denis Shepherd

Follows Javi (Rafael Silva), an undocumented immigrant facing deportation, who unexpectedly reunites with his estranged best friend Hunter (Denis Shepherd), a vivacious bachelor seeking deeper connections. Together, they embark on a heartfelt journey to prevent Javi's expulsion from the only country he has ever called home.

With Julieta Cardinali • Dolores Fonzi • Sergio Prina • Camila Plaate • Laura Paredes

Set in the province of Tucumán, Argentina, Belén follows Julieta, a young woman accused of infanticide, and Soledad Deza, the bold lawyer who risks everything to take on her highly controversial, precedent-setting case. As the trial unfolds, Julieta’s plight becomes a flashpoint in the battle against a conservative legal system —sparking a groundswell of outrage and a growing wave of solidarity that transcends borders.

With Margot Robbie • Colin Farrell • Dan Friedkin • Jodie Turner-Smith • Lucy Thomas • Lily Rabe • Phoebe Waller-Bridge • Kogonada • Bradley Thomas • Youree Henley • Ryan Friedkin • Seth Reiss

What if you could open a doorway and walk through it to re-live a defining moment from your past? Sarah (Margot Robbie) and David (Colin Farrell) are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on A Big Bold Beautiful Journey – a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present…and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures.

With Matthew McConaughey • America Ferrera • Paul Greengrass • Yul Vazquez • Ashlie Atkinson • Spencer Watson

A white-knuckle ride through one of America's deadliest wildfires (California's Camp Fire) as a wayward school bus driver (Matthew McConaughey) & a dedicated school teacher (America Ferrera) battle to save 22 children from the terrifying inferno.

With Cillian Murphy • Tracey Ullman • Roger Allam • Jay Lycurgo • Little Simz • Emily Watson • Tim Mielants

Follows a pivotal day in the life of head teacher Steve (Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy) and his students at a last-chance reform school amid a world that has forsaken them. As Steve fights to protect the school’s integrity and prevent its impending closure, he grapples with his own mental health. In parallel to Steve’s struggles, we meet Shy (Jay Lycurgo), a troubled teen caught between his past and what lies ahead as he tries to reconcile his inner fragility with his impulse for self-destruction and violence.

With Mary Stuart Masterson • James Badge Dale • Rob Corddry • Michael Chiklis • Rod Lurie • Mark Ciardi • Robert Eisele • Justin Baldoni • Campbell McInnes • Andrew Calof • Manu Gargi

At 59, Mike Flynt might be too old to play college football—but not too old to settle unfinished business. Nearly forty years after leaving his team, he returns to his alma mater to face the moment that changed everything. Bruised, doubted, and nearly broken, he fights for one last game—not for glory, but for the teammates he lost, the family he fractured, and the ending he still believes is possible.

With Gabe Fazio • Tom Blyth • Russell Tovey • Christian Cooke • Maria Dizzia • Amy Forsyth • Carmen Emmi

Syracuse, 1997. Promising undercover police officer Lucas (Tom Blyth) is dealing with a breakup and the recent loss of his father. When he receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men in a mall bathroom, he is surprised to discover a scintillating connection with Andrew (Russell Tovey), one of his targets. As their secret connection deepens and internal pressure to deliver arrests intensifies, Lucas finds himself torn between duty and desire. At his mother’s New Year’s Eve party, Lucas loses a letter no one was ever meant to read. With time running out and his secret life closing in around him, the evening builds towards an explosive reckoning where everything he’s buried threatens to erupt.

With Daniela Melchior • Lili Reinhart • Joel Fry • Tim Plester • Uta Briesewitz • Jeremy Ang Jones • Josh Whitehouse • Christiane Paul

A look at the toll of social media through the eyes of Daisy Moriarty, who while dealing with a chaotic personal life, finds herself sucked into the underbelly of the internet. A social media moderator Daisy (Lili Reinhart) is tasked with purging the most offensive content from the internet. When she finds a video she believes to contain a crime, she’s lured away from the safety of her keyboard and into a dangerous world as she obsessively seeks to hold someone accountable.

With Josh Gad • Kaya Scodelario • Anthony Carrigan • Alex Winter • Billie Lourd • Chris Candy

Follows a sister and brother Megan and Noah who are barely hanging on in present-day America, like all of us. When they discover a dead body, long buried in their parent’s basement, the siblings are pulled back to the hometown they ran away from and into a rabbit hole of crime and murder.

With Glenn Close • Charlie McDowell • Ingvar Sigurdsson • Anders Danielsen Lie • Emily Matthews

Nine-year-old Sophia (Emily Matthews) spends the summers at her family’s seasonal home on a tranquil isle in the Gulf of Finland, but this will be the first summer without her mother. Her father (Anders Danielsen Lie) remains numbed by grief, while her grandmother (Glenn Close) guides her on a giddy, winding path towards young adulthood. With a sense of infinite possibility and a tender regard for the wonders of the natural world, Sophia and her grandmother explore the terrain, celebrate midsommar, and test the limits of faith in the face of life’s many storms.

With Sosuke Ikematsu • Hiroshi Okuyama • Keitatsu Koshiyama • Ryûya Wakaba • Kiara Takanashi

On a Japanese island, life revolves around the changing seasons. Winter is time for ice hockey at school, but Takuya isn’t too thrilled about it. His real interest lies in Sakura, a figure skating rising star from Tokyo, for whom he starts to develop a genuine fascination. Coach and former champion Arakawa, spots potential in Takuya, and decides to mentor him to form a duo with Sakura for an upcoming competition. As winter persists, feelings grow, and the two children form an harmonious bond. But even the first snow eventually melts away.

With Tom Hanks • Kevin Bacon • Brian Grazer • Ron Howard • Ed Harris • Gary Sinise • Bill Paxton • Kathleen Quinlan

True story of how three astronauts, stranded 205,000 miles above the earth, fight a battle to survive while Mission Control works against time to bring them home.

With Jon Heder • Richard Dreyfuss • Rob Corddry • Billy Zane • Tia Carrere • James Jagger • Alaina Huffman • Bill Fishman • Camille Razat • Dean Bloxom

Waltzing with Brando follows Brando (Zane) — then the most famous actor in the world — as he filmed Mutiny on the Bounty and bought a tiny and uninhabitable island in Tahiti. His intent was to escape his hectic Hollywood lifestyle and show the world the path to sustainability. To achieve this goal, he plucks Judge (Heder), an obscure but idealistic Los Angeles architect, from his stable existence and convinces him that together they could build the world's first truly sustainable ecological retreat.  

With Javier Munoz • Summer Rose Castillo • Elaine Del Valle • Nathalia Lares • Karina Ortiz

In 1980s Brownsville, Brooklyn, Elaine is on the cusp of becoming a teenager. She wrestles with her mother’s resilience, the father she resents, and the chaos outside her window—while discovering her Puerto Rican roots and the courage to forge her own path.

With Josh O'Connor • Paul Mescal • Chris Cooper • Oliver Hermanus

In 1917, Lionel—a young, talented music student—meets David at the Boston Conservatory, where they bond over a deep love of folk music. Years later, Lionel receives a letter from David, leading to an impromptu journey through the backwoods of Maine to collect traditional songs. This unexpected reunion, ensuing love affair, and the music they collect and preserve, will shape the course of Lionel’s life far beyond his own awareness.

With Lily James • Dermot Mulroney • Dan Stevens • Clea DuVall • Pierson Fode • Joely Fisher • Myha'la • Rachel Lee Goldenberg

Inspired by the provocative real-life story of the visionary founder of online dating platform Bumble, Swiped introduces recent college grad Whitney Wolfe, played by Lily James, as she uses extraordinary grit & ingenuity to break into the male-dominated tech industry and launch an innovative, globally lauded dating app (two, actually), paving the way to becoming the youngest female self-made billionaire.

With Josh Gad • Kaya Scodelario • Anthony Carrigan • Alex Winter • Billie Lourd • Chris Candy

Follows a sister and brother Megan and Noah who are barely hanging on in present-day America, like all of us. When they discover a dead body, long buried in their parent’s basement, the siblings are pulled back to the hometown they ran away from and into a rabbit hole of crime and murder.

With Leonardo DiCaprio • Benicio Del Toro • Sean Penn • Paul Thomas Anderson • Regina Hall • Wood Harris • Teyana Taylor • Adam Somner • Alana Haim • Sara Murphy • Joanne Sellar • Will Weiske

When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunites to rescue one of their own's daughter.

With Kate Beckinsale • Scott Eastwood • Matt Craven • James Kent • Ana Golja

It’s 1993 in Ohio, and Maureen’s 6-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally abducted kids who promises to help her find Amina in exchange for her collaboration. Maureen eventually succeeds in tracking down her ex-husband and Amina in Beirut, where she will face the most difficult decision of her life.

With Scarlett Johansson • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Kara Durrett • Jessamine Burgum • June Squibb • Jonathan Lia • Erin Kellyman • Jessica Hecht • Celine Rattray • Tory Kamen • Keenan Flynn • Charlotte Dauphin

In Eleanor The Great, the legendary 94-year-old actress June Squibb brings to vivid life the witty and proudly troublesome 94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein, who, after the devastating loss of her best friend, tells a tale that takes on a dangerous life of its own after moving to New York City. Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut is a comically poignant exploration of how the stories we hear become the stories we tell.

With Imogen Poots • Brett Goldstein • Steven Cree • Zawe Ashton • William Bridges • Alexander Black • Jon Rosenberg

Best friends since college, Simon (Emmy Award winner Brett Goldstein) and Laura (Imogen Poots) drift apart when she takes a test that finds her soulmate despite years of unspoken feelings between them. Over the years, as their paths cross and diverge, neither can deny the feeling that they’ve missed out on a life together. Faced with the uncertainty of changing the course of their lives, are Simon and Laura willing to risk everything to experience the love that had been between them all along, or should they accept their fate?

With Im Seong-jae • Kwon Hae-Hyo • Yeon Sang-ho • Park Jeong-min • Shin Hyun-been • Han Ji-hyeon

One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.

With Tyler Perry • DeVon Franklin • Yung Joc • Mike Elliott • Cory Tynan • Kenneth Edmonds • Alanna Brown • Phylicia Rashad • Serayah McNeill • Lecrae Moore • Christopher Broughton • Tyler Lepley • Angi Bones • Walnette Santiago • Nijah Brenea • James Lee Thomas • Jermaine Dupri • Tony L. Strickland • Bart Lipton

Serayah McNeill stars as Ruth Moably, a rising Atlanta hip-hop artist who leaves behind fame after a personal tragedy. Seeking a fresh start in rural Tennessee, she cares for her late boyfriend’s mother (Phylicia Rashad) and unexpectedly finds new purpose and love with Boaz (Tyler Lepley), a grounded and generous vineyard owner.

With Willem Dafoe • Corey Hawkins • Anna Diop • Tamara Lawrance • Diane Houslin • Walter Mosley • Nadia Latif • Jonathan Ajayi • Gershwyn Eustache Jnr. • Pamela Nomvete

In the neighborhood of Sag Harbor, New York, Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) is out of work, out of luck and on the verge of foreclosure on his ancestral home. A knock on the door from a mysterious businessman, Anniston Bennet (Willem Dafoe), brings a bizarre and lucrative proposition; rent his dusty stand-up basement out for the summer and receive enough money to clear his debts for good. Once Charles accepts, he finds himself led down a terrifying path that confronts his family’s ghosts and locks the men in a terrifying puzzle, at the heart of it race, the source of their traumas and the root of all evil.

With Francine Fargo • Darren Weiss • Samuel Dunning • Deny Gallagher • Albania Sagarra • Adrienne Laurén • Lei Nico • Marcus R. Smith • Rondell Sheridan • Eddie Mata • Allison Brooks • Adwoa Duncan Williams • Kathy Hazzard

An injured college basketball star comes home to run the family's coffee shop after graduation, where he reunites with his high school friends and attempts to thwart a local businessman's quest to take ownership of the business.